Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

"Amreeka" film showing at JCU: this Friday, 7pm! (I'll be hosting the q + a afterward)

Help support MESA with its Middle Eastern Pastries Sale (Baklava, Nammoura, Sfouf, etc.)

**Attention nonJCU students: We checked with Campus Safety and PARKING is open & free anywhere on campus.
**ADMINISTRATION BUILDING is the large CLOCK TOWER building located in the middle of the campus. Take the stairs from either end to go to second level.

abu ghraib arias

To See the Earth

Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront

About Me

Poetry books and chapbooks include *Pictures at an Exhibition*, *Sand Opera*, *A Concordance of Leaves*, *abu ghraib arias,* *To See the Earth,* *Instants,* *Primer for Non-Native Speakers,* *Compleat Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Poems of Lev Rubinstein,* and A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky*. Scholarship: *Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry on the American Homefront Since 1941.*